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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Hi @utopia. Just waiting for today to finish now. Do you ever have those days? How has your day been? Is your son on school holidays still? Hopefully it's a nice break for you both. Mine were always better behaved in the holidays too.💜😊

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utopiaSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member. I did a lot of sleeping today - not good. Got a call from my psychiatrists secretary needing info for WorkCover. 15 minutes later I'm due my SKYPE session with psychiatrist. What do I do? Fall asleep and miss his session. Then ph died. Finally got it re going and had a quick SKYPE session at 7pm. Thank god he was flexible enough to fit me in.
I think I'm struggling a bit with routine at the moment. I'm bored and probably ready to work again - to get that routine set in place. Am definitely sleeping too much.

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Great to hear from you @Former-Member . You have done well with not much sleep, I hope you sleep better tonight. I am glad you will have some support & company tomorrow too. My day was good, I just went and got my car detailed and caught the tram into Surfers and then caught it back to pick up car and also just went for a walk with Kira. The guys were I had my car detailed were really nice and friendly so that makes you feel good. And tomorrow I am going to lunch and late afternoon I have my gym session.

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Oh bummer @utopia I bet you're feeling frustrated. It's ok not to have everyday good @utopia especially when there is no driving force like work. I'm sure work will help with routine but bring new challenges again too. I know you'll pick up again. My therapist agreed that the weather is making it much more difficult this year for everyone and I know that's part of it for me too. We are due for a bucket load more rain and cold midweek too 😔. It quite cool again tonight. That was good of your psychiatrist to fit you in💜 I'm sure next time will be different. I'm slowly trying to build something in everyday that means I have to be up and with it. Well let's hope we both sleep well and have a productive day tomorrow. 💜😊 🤗

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That's great that your car worked out well @Former-Member. I hope you enjoy tomorrow. It sounds like you have a lovely day planned. Hopefully we'll both sleep well tonight. I'd really like a productive day again after Sunday I'm keen. Take care💜😊🤗

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@utopia Great to hear from you !! I've not seen the webinar but its refreshing to hear professional talk some sense too re BPD. I think it stems from trauma as I said previously. I've heard other people talk about changing therapist and getting treatment for the actual trauma is when they started to make improvements when they were listen to and validated.

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Unknown userMember

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Hi again @Former-Member

You sound like me, I have done a lot of work on myself too. The only place I have really good help from was a place in Sydney and I did really well from there.

I hope you get some more relief and peace of mind from your new treatment. You sound like a lovely person and truly hope you get better soon. The worse thing I am finding atm is my sleep too but I am trying not to stress over it too much.

On Saturday I went down to the beach and it was a great day to be outside and soaky up the sunshine. I hope you had a nice day.

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I hope we both sleep well too. I bet you are keen for another great day like Sunday. My brother and sister in law and niece should have just landed home from the UK just now. Take Care

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utopiaSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member. Yes these ladies were suggesting that there needs to be specific diagnosis about trauma & therefore therapy may need to be more trauma based - when the client is ready

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utopiaSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member. I agree about the weather affecting moods. This winter has been long and cold.
Yes, just have to push myself a little to get that early morning routine happening again.
I'll share my productivity report with you tomorrow night.
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